Machine for making cigar-bunches



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J. G. JOHNSTON.

MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGAR BUNGHES.

No. 341,808.- Patented. May 11, 1886.

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NITED STATES PATENT rites,

JAMES C. JOHNSTON, OF GLENFIELD, ASSIGNOR OF ON E-HALF TO RICHARD BL Di VIS, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGAR BUNCHES ESPECJTPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,808, dated May 11,1886.

(No model.)

To all 2071 0772, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, .Luuns G. JoHNsToN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glenfield, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Cigar- Bunches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of mam chines for making cigars in which a recessed cylinder is provided with an apron passing over guide-rollers, for rolling the bunch in a pocket of the apron between the small rollers.

The objects of my invention are to avoid the use of a rotary cylinder, to provide a re ciprocatiug slide for actuating the apron, to provide means for automatically introducing a binder to the tobacco introduced into the pocket of the apron, and to provide novel 2 means for automatically ejecting the rolled and finished bunch upwardly to and upon a cigar-board, which serves to support the tobacco to be formed into bunches.

The objects of my invention I accomplish in the manner and by the means l'iereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figu re 1 is a vertical central sectional view or a cigarnnachine constructed in accordance 0 with my invention. Fig. 2 is. a broken detail view, in perspective, of the bunch-forming mechanism; Fig. 3, a detail vertical sectional view showing the position of the parts when in the act of rolling the bunch; Fig. 4, a similar view showing the position of the parts when the rolling of the bunch is completed and the bunch is about to be ejected; Fig. 5,

a front plan view of the slide; Fig. 6, an edge view thereof; Fig. 7, a detail view showing 0 one form of bunchforming groove in the face of the slide to produce a particular shape of cigar, and Fig. 8. a similar view showing a modified form of groove to produce a differentshaped cigar.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe the same in detail, referring to the drawings, where the numeral 1 indicates a table,'supported by suitable legs or otherwise, and provided with an upright back piece and upright end pieces. The table is constructed with a central opening, and at each end of such recess is secured a standard, 2, having a vertical slot, 3, said standards being coupled together at the top by a cross-piece. The reciprocating slide 4 is provided with side flanges, 5, which travel in the slots of the standards, and

by which the slide is caused to travel in a right line when operated, and to the upperand lower ends of the slide are securely fastened the ends of the apron 5, the latter passing around twoguide-rollers, 6 and 7, which arejournalcd in the side pieces, 8, of a frame, 9, secured upon the table-top. Athird roller, 10, arranged in front of the upper roller, (5, bears upon the 6 apron,and serves to preserve the proper slack to form the pocket in the apron during the movements of the slide. The lower end of the slide is cut away transversely on its front face,

to form a shoulder, 11, and a recess, 12, into which the slack of the apron can enter to form on the pocket for receiving the tobacco to be rolled into a bu nch, and the upper end of the slide is rabbeted or grooved, as at 13, to constitute the ejector for automatically discharg- 7 5 ing the rolled and completed bunch to and upon the cigar-board 14, which is secured in a horizontal position to the side pieces, 8, of the frame 9 on the table.

When the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, the tobacco is introduced into the pocket of the apron, and a binder is laid upon the cigar-board so that the edge of such binder projects slightly beyond the inner or rear edge oftheciganboard. Theslidebeingnowmoved S5 downward, its acting face bites upon the projecting edge of the binder, and automatically draws it from the cigar-board into the pocket of the apron about the tobacco therein. The downward movement of the slide effects the rolling of the bunch and binder into proper form between the upper and lower rollers, 6 and 7, the pocket and bunch never leaving the space between such rollers until, the hunch is properly rolled and ejected, as I will now explain.

Vhcn theslide reachesthclimit of its downward movement,its transverse rabbet or groove 13 is brought into coincidence with the pocket and, the bunch, which then enter thereinto. roe

The slide at this moment is rapidly retracted or raised vertically, and thereby automatically ejects the rolled bunch in an upward direction to and upon the cigar-board.

In order to reciprocate the slide vertically, I attach its lower end toa link, chain, or cord, 15, connected with a treadle, and to a cord or chain, 16,which passes over pulleys 17 and 18, in such manner that when the treadle is depressed the slide is moved downward, and when the treadle is released the weight, acting through the cord or chain, quickly retracts or throws the slide upward.

The bunch and binder, after being rolled, are to be introduced into a cigar-mold, to be pressed, and to accomplish this expeditiously I provide an inclined standard, 24, in rear of the slide, which is attached to the table and sustained by a brace, 20. A cigar-n1old,resting upon and supported by the standard in an inclined position, is in convenient position to receive the bunches after their ejectment to and upon the cigar-board.

The front surface of the slideis grooved continuously from the bunch-receiving recess to the bunch-ejecting'rabbet or groove, for the purpose of causing the apron to assume the The front upper roller, 10, acting upon the apron during the movements of the slide, preserves the necessary slack to form the pocket in the apron.

In my applicationfiled of even date here with, Serial No. 174,303, I *employ a cigarboard, a rotating block, an apron, and guiderollers, said block having a bunch-receiving recess and a bunch-ejecting groove. Such, therefore, is not herein claimed.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is 1. The combination of the cigar-board, the guide-rollers, the apron, and the reciprocating slide having at one end the bunch-receiving recess,and at the opposite end a rabbet or groove for automatically ejecting the rolled bunch upward to and upon the cigar-board, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the cigar-board, the guide-rollers, the apron, and the reciprocating slide having at one end the bunch-receiving recess,and at the opposite end the ejecting rabbet or groove, said slide having a continuons bunch-forming groove extending from the bunch-receiving recess to the bunch-ejecting rabbet or groove, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. JOHNSTON.

\Vitnesses:

J AMES L. NoRRIs, J. A. RUTHERFORD. 

